Bio
B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2002M.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2004Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University, 2009"If you look 'fast' enough, you will find many fascinating phenomena in 3D printing."
Research:
Our team currently studies additive manufacturing processes and materials using synchrotron x-ray and other in situ/ex situ characterization tools. We are interested in understanding the physics underlying the energy-matter interactions and non-equilibrium material structural evolution involved in additive manufacturing processes. We also develop advanced metallic and composite systems via and/or for additive manufacturing.
Bio:
Supervised by Prof. Vinayak Dravid and Dr. Jin Wang, my doctoral research at Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory was focused on fabrication and characterization of nanostructured oxides. In 2010, I started my postdoc research at the X-ray Science Division (XSD) at Argonne, working on coherent electron scattering (with Dr. Murray Gibson) and coherent x-ray scattering (with Dr. Jin Wang) techniques. In 2012, I joined the Imaging Group of XSD as a staff scientist, developing and applying high-speed x-ray imaging/diffraction techniques for studying highly dynamic irreversible/non-repeatable material processes. In 2019, I started my academic career as an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of UVA.
Team:
Lin Gao (PhD student, Spring 2020)
Arthur Zhang (PhD student, Fall 2020)
Zhongshu Ren (Postdoc, Fall 2020)
Lilly Balderson (PhD student, Fall 2021, co-advised with Prof. Opila)
Group alumni (postdocs supervised in Argonne):
Cang Zhao, Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University
Niranjan Parab, Process Engineer, Intel Corperation
Sarah Wolff, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University